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About this issue

This detective fiction quarterly contains nine short stories and two novelettes. The lead novel, "Bulldog of Justice" by Ralph Powers, follows District Attorney Jack Webster as he pursues a criminal lawyer whose courtroom trickery freed a convicted man, forcing Webster to navigate both legal obstacles and organized crime. Eric Lennox's "Murder on the Cuff" features a columnist-turned-detective solving a case in ten seconds. John Gregory's "The Masked Alibi" follows State Trooper Hal Roberts investigating charred evidence. Paul Adams contributes "Satan's Showdown," concerning a man's scheme to escape his wife. Harry Widmer's novelette "Second-Hand Suicide" depicts a young man drawn into the criminal underworld by an exploitative dealer. Remaining stories include Ronald Flegg's "Cocktails for the Corpse," William A. Langford's "Big-House Bait," Chester Brant's "A Date with Doom," Cliff Howe's "Death's Signature," and Leon Dupont's "Trigger Tribunal," featuring parole officer Tom Fargo implicated in murder.

In this issue

• “BULLDOG OF JUSTICE” by Ralph Powers · serial · p.10
• “MURDER ON THE CUFF” by Eric Lennox · p.41
• “THE MASKED ALIBI” by John Gregory · p.46
• “SATAN'S SHOWDOWN” by Paul Adams · p.52
• “SECOND-HAND SUICIDE” by Harry Widmer · p.57
• “COCKTAILS FOR THE CORPSE” by Ronald Flegg · p.73
• “BIG-HOUSE BAIT” by William A. Langferd · p.80
• “A DATE WITH DOOM” by Chester Brant · p.88
• “DEATH'S SIGNATURE” by Cliff Howe · p.94
• “TRIGGER TRIBUNAL” by Leon Dupont · p.97